Fired or resigned, extremely incomplete list:
- Nick Calandra - Editor-in-Chief
- Yahtzee Croshaw - Zero Punctuation, Adventure is Nigh, Extra Punctuation
- Jack Packard - Adventure is Nigh
- Amy Campbell - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
- KC Nwosu - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
- Jesse Galena - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
- Sebastian Ruiz - Cold Take, Stuff of Legend
- JM8 - Editor, Design Delve
- Darren Moody - Columnist
- Marty Sliva - 3 Minute Review
IP of Zero Punctuation belongs to Escapist, so that is dead as of now.
Yeah but why?
He refused to sign an NDA, so he explains briefly in the Twitter thread, and we’ll probably hear more later.
In short: Sudden firing (as in, locked out of Slack and email while at work while being informed of being fired) for not “meeting goals”, where goals were not clearly defined.
Well that’s just fucking scummy.
Do we know what the NDA was about?
Looks like standard corporate damage control NDA where you are not allowed to discuss the reason or terms of your firing. Usually illegally demanded to get severance pay.
I was laid off earlier this year and was locked out of my Google account and Slack and everything else company related immediately after my meeting with HR and my manager ended. It was shocking how quick they were about it.
I kind of wonder if Google Workspace has a “Fire Employee” button for administrators. I think it probably does.
Gamurs bought a bunch of websites and have been fumbling the bag on all of them. RIP Escapist, and soon others.
Seemingly started to go downhill this year with Silicon Valley Bank fiasco